Student groups will create a commercial that will be shown during the culminating community event and will be published to the project website. Through the creation of the commercial, students will synthesize the information they've learned about catapults to create an authentic public product. As students learn about what makes a good commercial as well as how to create one, they will participate in exploration of examples. Guided questions will provide a scaffolding through which they can discover the various components that make a successful commercial. Their final commercial will be designed by students, providing them with a choice of how they present their final product. However, their commercial must meet the criteria established and demonstrate their understanding of how catapults work. Throughout the process, students will meet with the teacher to receive feedback on their progress. Sub-activities are also built into the project to provide additional opportunities for formative assessment.
PROJECT DESIGN: STUDENT LEARNING GUIDE
Project: How to build a better catapult
Driving Question: How can we build the best catapult?
Final Product(s)
Presentations, Performances, Products and/or Services
Learning Outcomes/Targets
knowledge, understanding & success skills needed by students to successfully complete products
Checkpoints/Formative Assessments
to check for learning and ensure
students are on track
Instructional Strategies for All Learners
provided by teacher, other staff, experts; includes
scaffolds, materials, lessons aligned to learning outcomes and formative assessments
Catapult Commercial
(group)
Students will be able to:
explain the components of a good commercial
observation worksheets
discussion
worksheet on identifying good and bad commercials explaining how the do/do not meet the criteria we developed
Show example commercial created by teacher. Students complete observation worksheet on features of a good commercial. Discussion on what qualities they found in example
Students explore additional commercial examples to identify qualities
Group development of rubric to evaluate commercials based on what makes a good commercial
Students will be able to:
explain why a storyboard is essential to video production
Hand out storyboard template - group lesson on storyboarding
Students will be able to:
use video editing software to create a video
communicate the main ideas of how a catapult works and why their design is superior through video
sample video
observation
group conferencing to check/review progress
Group lesson on using WeVideo to create a video. Teaching students to: Import media, Edit media, insert music, record voice, use effects, export finished videos
Presentations, Performances, Products and/or Services
knowledge, understanding & success skills needed by students to successfully complete products
to check for learning and ensure
students are on track
provided by teacher, other staff, experts; includes
scaffolds, materials, lessons aligned to learning outcomes and formative assessments
(group)